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ὕδερ-ος

uderos · ὁ

dropsy, diabetes

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Where it lives

  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
  • Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

dropsy

= ὕδρωψ, dropsy, Hp. Int. 22, Arist. EN 1150b33, etc.; ὑδέρῳ νοσήματι Id. Fr. 486.

II diabetes

ὕ. εἰς ἀμίδα diabetes, Gal. 8.394; cf. ὑδεροῦν ( = τὸν ὕδερον), which is cited from Hp. by Erot. (but = τὸ ὑδρηλὸν χωρίον acc. to Epicles ap. eund.), prob. with ref. to ὕδρωπες in Aër. 4.

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Where it came from

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